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Why don’t I live in San Diego??

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Can someone please remind me why I am living in Illinois when I could be living in California? I mean, seriously, SAN DIEGO WAS BEAUTIFUL! We stayed at the Manchester Grand Hyatt...and this was the view from our room.  It looks like it was cloudy, but I took this pic early in the a.m. I can

The binky breakdown…

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THESE.... ...ARE GONNA BE THE DEATH OF ME!!! My child is STILL obsessed with his binky! I am trying desperately to ween him....but he is making it really difficult. I try and ONLY let him have it when it's "nite-nite" time. It was working for a few weeks...until recently...when he decided

19 Weeks

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 Really? I'm 19 weeks already? DEAR LORD!! I'm just about half way! Time is flying. I just had to do a Old Navy Maternity shopping spree on line yesterday because the bella band...just isn't cutting it anymore. My pants in this picture....are tight as hell! As of my doctor's appointment this

Our new baby’s name…

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...has officially been agreed upon. We will call baby #2... BENTLEY ROSE J and I have had this name picked out for a VERY long time. Basically we have liked it since P was born and we liked it for either a boy or a girl. I had actually never known someone who had a child named Bentley. Then,

Miley Cyrus was at the KOL concert

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  If you don't follow me on facebook or twitter then you didn't know that I went to the Kings of Leon concert at the LA Forum. Steve...J's best friend lives in L.A. and he landed us tickets!! I wasn't sure if I would like it or not since I only knew a few songs...but let me just say...THEY WERE

Lyndsey’s Wedding

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One of my best friends from H.S. got married and I have been meaning to post some pics from her wedding! CONGRATULATIONS LYNDSEY AND BRIAN!! The wedding was a blast! Hubby and I at the reception (I think I covered the baby bump decently??) I got to see some old friends that I haven't seen in

Basement Progress

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I love that even though I'm on vacation I still have wonderful people who will take pics of the basement progress so I don't feel left out!! This was yesterday...day 2 on the project. I am thinking by now the entire basement is dug. I am beyond thrilled to see the progress! And I think it's

18 weeks

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There's a little peanut growing in there! It's hard to believe I am almost half through this pregnancy! Where is time going?? On one hand...I am VERY glad the beginning few months flew by. You know, the sickness was terrible. But, on the other end...I am kind of enjoying this pregnancy now

A “twwipp”

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There's been a lot of "twwipp" taking the past few weeks. Not on my end. Or P's end. But on daddy's end. He went to Yellowstone...was home for a week...and left again for San Diego for a conference. Here is P giving his daddy a "tiss" before he leaves on his "twwipp"! The good

THE BASEMENT BEGINS!

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It's official... They are FINALLY starting our basement! I got a call from my dad this morning and he said he drove by the lot...expecting to see nothing new going on...and low and behold... ...LOOK WHAT HE FOUND SITTING ON OUR NEW PROPERTY! Even better...when I went out there...our

Being sick = no fun

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This is the last time the 3 of us were all together and NOT sick! (AUGUST 2nd)As soon as daddy came back from Yellowstone...he came down with a flu bug. He's been sick for WAY OVER A WEEK! He went to the doc on Friday and they told him he had a sinus infection???? Hmmmm...I'm gonna have to